December 11, 2009

Friday, December 11, 2009

Representatives from 192 countries gathered this week in Copenhagen to search for common ground on global warming. But the debate in the media was about thousands of leaked emails from scientists that suggest data was knowingly fudged. New York Times environmental reporter Andrew Revkin ...

For years, George Monbiot has written for the British newspaper The Guardian about the dangers of man-made climate change and how the denial industry sows confusion. But when he wrote recently "we're losing," it seemed a surprising admission. He explains why, despite scientific consensus, much of the public ...

Why are the psychological sales tactics of, say, selling soap, not used by those who want you to care about Darfur? New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof wondered this after failing to get his readers interested in the developing world. But that was then. Kristof explains how he’s now using ...

Since this summer’s presidential elections, Iran has responded to dissent with a heavy hand inside the country. Now, new reporting by the Wall Street Journal has uncovered the government’s suppression of dissent outside the country as well. WSJ deputy Middle East bureau chief Farnaz Fassihi explains.

The depiction of the Non Resident Indian, or NRI, in Indian films has changed a lot over the years. In his lifetime, WNYC reporter Arun Venugopal, an Indian-American born in Texas, says he's seen the portrayal shift from the garishly dressed cousin visiting from abroad to respectable men ...